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A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.